Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

• Name — Munson • Location — 310 Genesee St., Utica, New York • Locmapin — New York#USA • Built — 1960 • Architect — Philip Johnson • Architecture — International-style • Added — September 9, 2010 • Area — less than one acre • Refnum — 10000727

The museum of art has a substantial permanent collection of internationally recognized works. They are exhibited in the Munson Museum of Art Building. It is an International-style building designed by architect Philip Johnson and completed in 1960. A model of the building was exhibited in the United States Pavilion at the Brussels' World's Fair of 1958. It is a 60,000 sqft square and supported by eight external ferro-concrete piers, or two on each side. The exterior structural members are clad in bronze and "black" Canadian granite. The windowless cube is set above windowed office areas recessed in a dry moat, giving a "floating" effect. The interior features a two-story central courtyard, illuminated by a skylight, known as the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court. It also holds an auditorium seating 271. In 2023, as part of a rebranding effort facilitated by a Brooklyn-based design agency, the museum rebranded itself simply "Munson". The museum president stated that despite its familiarity, few people knew the entire 10-syllable name of the museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Next-door is a Victorian-era Italianate mansion called Fountain Elms, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It houses the Munson decorative arts collection. It is connected to the Museum of Art building by an education wing built in 1995. • Illustration — Fountain Elms The museum has an extensive collection of European and American art, with a permanent collection of over 25,000 works. A highlight of the permanent collection is the first of the two original sets of Thomas Cole's famous series of paintings titled The Voyage of Life: The second set is at the National Gallery Washington, DC.

• Illustration — Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498) by Albrecht Dürer • Illustration — The Goldsmith (1655) by Rembrandt Van Rijn • Illustration — Portrait of Bethia Tyler Watson (1791) by Ralph Earl • Illustration — Portrait of General Peter Gansevoort (1794) by Gilbert Stuart • Illustration — Mama Noche (The Caprices, 1803) - Mala Noche • Illustration — Still Life with Steak (1816-17) by Raphaelle Peale • Illustration — Eclipse, with Owner (1823) by Alvan Fisher • Illustration — Antony van Corlear Brought into the Presence of Peter Stuyvesant (1839) by John Quidor • Illustration — The Voyage of Life (Childhood, 1840) by Thomas Cole • Illustration — The Voyage of Life (Youth, 1840) by Thomas Cole • Illustration — The Voyage of Life (Manhood, 1840) by Thomas Cole • Illustration — The Voyage of Life (Old Age, 1840) by Thomas Cole • Illustration — Sunset (1856) by Frederic Edwin Church • Illustration — Vale of Kashmir (1864) by Robert Duncanson • Illustration — Mountains (1875) by Rosa Bonheur • Illustration — Italian Girl (1880) by Léon Bonnat • Illustration — A Study Table (1882) by William Michael Harnett • Illustration — Memories (1885) by William Merritt Chase • Illustration — Young Women Going to a Procession (1888) by Jules Breton • Illustration — Fish House Door with Eel Basket (1890-99) by John Peto • Illustration — Sheep and Goats (1891) by Rosa Bonheur • Illustration — Tree (Horizontal Tree) (1912) by Piet Mondrian • Illustration — Making the Calendar (1947) by Arshile Gorky

• Illustration — Pablo Picasso • Illustration — Salvador Dalí • Illustration — Andy Warhol • Illustration — Rembrandt • Emma Amos • Jean Arp • Ernst Barlach • Romare Bearden • George Bellows • Louise Bourgeois • Fidelia Bridges • Charles E. Burchfield • William Merritt Chase • Frederic Edwin Church • Thomas Cole • Salvador Dalí • Stuart Davis • Charles Demuth • Albrecht Dürer • Raymond Duchamp-Villon • Asher Brown Durand • Francisco Goya • Juan Gris • William Harnett • Martin Johnson Heade • Robert Henri • Winslow Homer • Edward Hopper • Jasper Johns • Eastman Johnson • Wassily Kandinsky • Paul Klee • Willem de Kooning • Norman Lewis • Fernand Léger • George Luks • Frederick William MacMonnies • John Marin • Piet Mondrian • Georgia O'Keeffe • Stephen Parrish • Raphaelle Peale • John F. Peto • Pablo Picasso • Jackson Pollock • Liliana Porter • Hiram Powers • Maurice Prendergast • Rembrandt • Mark Rothko • Alison Saar • Augustus Saint-Gaudens • Gino Severini • Charles Sheeler • Lorna Simpson • Gilbert Stuart • Bill Viola • Andy Warhol • James McNeill Whistler

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